BIB_ID
268221
Accession number
MA 1031
Creator
Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751.
Display Date
1740 Sept. 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Crosby, 1925.
Description
1 item (ca. 309 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
Manuscript is dated "Finis solius Operis. Septr. 3, 1749" on p. 273.
Provenance
Bookplate of Crosby: "Spes mia supra."
Summary
230 lectures in ten parts, which begin with the faculties of the human mind, continue with natural religion (the being of God, the nature of moral virtue, and the immortality of the soul), then turn to the evidences for revelation, and conclude with Christian doctrine. Manuscript is written entirely in shorthand, and the text of the lectures is preceded by a preface and is followed by an index (partially in a second hand), and an additional 27 p. of 23 academical lectures.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (22.4 cm)
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